1. Furrowed eyebrows. This is a skill some were not lucky enough to be born with. They try to furrow their eyebrows and instead come across looking surprised (!) or confused (?). In case you were wondering, I was one of the lucky few born with that extra muscle that allows me to furrow my eyebrow juuuust right. I would say the person best at the furrowed eyebrow is Drake Hogestyn who plays John Black on DOOL (Days of Our Lives for you non-soap watching people!). He is the master of the eyebrow raise. You never know what to do with this look, it throws the other person completely off-guard. Are they surprised at you? Are they angry? You just can't tell...
2. Intense stare. This requires one to have either a supply of Visine on hand OR excessive moisture in eyeball because when attempting an intense stare it is KEY that you NOT blink! You cannot break the stare with something so weak as a bat of the eye (that's an entirely different skill anyway!). So I bring you the Queen of Daytime TV...Susan Lucci. Notice how her eyebrows are lifted so that you can focus on her perfectly peeled eyes. There is no escaping her stare!
3. Whispered Dialogue. Well I think it's a well known fact that in soap operas there are only two volumes...yells and whispers. Regular conversation volume is virtually non-existent in the world of soap operas. Instead, to intensify the situations at hand, each word is spoken with the delicate hum of a whispering wind. This skill begs two questions: 1. Do the actors really talk that way at home? and 2. What kind of breath mints do they use?
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